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Being older than most here I spent my childhood living with the very real threat of mutually assured destruction, then we had Glastnost, the Wall came down and we all breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Now once again we have two utter megalomaniacs with their hands on the launch codes, one of whom has regular hissy fits on Twitter.

The only small consolation is that they seem to be quite pally so we might just escape armaggeddon but I would be interested to see if any bookmakers will take any bets on a nuke being launched in anger in the next 4 years. I reckon the odds would be pretty short.

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The only small consolation is that they seem to be quite pally so we might just escape armaggeddon but I would be interested to see if any bookmakers will take any bets on a nuke being launched in anger in the next 4 years. I reckon the odds would be pretty short.

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The lawsuits are going to start rolling in now that it's official. It's still not clear what laws he may be in violation of as he takes office, so I think that's going to be the focus for the first year. This is relatively unchartered territory.

Of course it will be very partisan. His first few executive orders especially but he will do some outreach (because he's not exactly a conservative anyway)...so I look forward to the positive changes that will come and brace myself for the batshit crazy ones.

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So, the big revolutionary idea is to frack everything in sight. Fracking, fracking, fracking. That'll end up well when he, at the same time, brings down Obama care and replaces it with nothing at all and people start getting sick from all the byproducts of fracking. But hey why not keep burning all that oil and gas, global warming is a Chinese conspiracy, even though scientists have predicted and observed it decades before China was even an economic powerhouse.

For me, the best part is the complete and utter denial the most vocal supporters exhibit over the wool pulled over their eyes. Gf saw calls on Facebook from high school classmates disappointed that Trump didn't immediately handcuff Clinton after being sworn in. Then the corruption, abandonment of values, Russian influence, double standard on casting a critical eye on everything the left does and nothing the right does, and so on.

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For me, the best part is the complete and utter denial the most vocal supporters exhibit over the wool pulled over their eyes. Gf saw calls on Facebook from high school classmates disappointed that Trump didn't immediately handcuff Clinton after being sworn in. Then the corruption, abandonment of values, Russian influence, double standard on casting a critical eye on everything the left does and nothing the right does, and so on.

This will be the next four years in a nutshell. The rate of unemployment 4 years from now will be the same, if not worse. Obamacare will be repackaged as Trumpcare and cost the same. Trump will find out about all of the U.S.'s foreign interests and will realize that isolationism is not the way to go. etc. etc. etc. The spin cycle will be on the entire time because it is the only way he's going to back himself out of his "promises."

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This will be the next four years in a nutshell. The rate of unemployment 4 years from now will be the same, if not worse. Obamacare will be repackaged as Trumpcare and cost the same. Trump will find out about all of the U.S.'s foreign interests and will realize that isolationism is not the way to go. etc. etc. etc. The spin cycle will be on the entire time because it is the only way he's going to back himself out of his "promises."